"Women! Seize Your Authority and Trumpet Your Expertise"
“Even though the second highly accomplished woman white collar crime professor had heard about the case I was covering, she also demurred, saying she didn’t believe she had sufficient expertise to comment. She gave me the names of a couple of male colleagues who she believed were better qualified.
Frustrated, I picked up the telephone and called a male criminal defense attorney who had been a law school classmate of mine. He was out of the office but his partner was happy to comment.”
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There might be a whole batch of causes for the wage gap and the leadership gap, but can women themselves be one of them? Victoria Pynchon gives a passionate call to action for women to be more confident about their authority, especially in the media.
